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The House of Lords held a passionate debate yesterday afternoon on the importance of arts in education – after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan suggested choosing arts subjects reduces young people's career opportunities.

A music teacher can be instrumental in nurturing learners’ creativity and building their confidence. Several top artists tell Don't Stop The Music about their favourite or most memorable music teachers.

Don’t Stop the Music champion James Rhodes took his campaign to the Southbank Centre in London on Saturday, where he was joined by the centre’s artistic director Jude Kelly OBE, to discuss children’s access to culture and the arts.

One of the aims of the Don’t Stop The Music campaign is to get Ofsted, the body that inspects schools, to pay more attention to music. Now, thanks to a new consultation launched by Ofsted, an opportunity has arisen to make this case to the decision-makers themselves.

More than 67,000 people have signed James Rhodes’ petition, calling on Education Minister Nicky Morgan to fulfil the pledge made in the National Plan for Music Education – that every child in England should have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.

The UK has been a trailblazer in the history of music, producing some of the most influential bands and artists of all time.
Through the Don’t Stop The Music’s campaign, we're calling for every child in England to have the opportunity to learn an instrument – and so continue our country’s fantastic music legacy.

She’s won three Classical BRIT Awards, was crowned Gramophone Artist of the Year 2013 and has just released her latest album (‘Paris’) but acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom still finds time to campaign for better music education.

This year I went back to primary school. Not to polish up on my reading, writing and arithmetic, but to find out just what the state of music education is for our children. I was not expecting what I found.

You may recognise Amanda Mitchell from episode one of Don’t Stop The Music, in which the music specialist led her ‘orchestra’ of bins and biscuit tins and told James about her £2.20-a-head music budget.

An incredible 50,000 people have signed James Rhodes’ petition, calling on the government to deliver on its promise to give all primary school children in England the chance to learn a musical instrument.

It only launched on Monday, but already more than 40,000 people have signed James Rhodes’ petition calling on the government to deliver on its promise to give all primary school children in England the chance to learn a musical instrument.